Technogym, a world leading company supplying products, services and solutions in wellness and fitness, announced a partnership with Polar, a leader in sports instruments and heart rate monitoring equipment.
Users’ data captured by Polar’s equipment during indoor or outdoor training sessions can now be accessed on Technogym’s Ecosytem and mywellness cloud open platform, as well as Polar’s own data platforms. The seamless integration of the most advanced tracking and fitness technology further extends Technogym’s Wellness on the Go, a revolutionary vision for the future of fitness, allowing users to connect with their personal wellness anytime and anywhere.
“Technogym prides itself on creating performance-driven, technologically advanced fitness equipment and wellness solutions,” said Nerio Alessandri, the president and founder of Technogym. “The integration of Polar’s exceptional fitness tracking devices ensures our users have the best in technology tools for a wellness lifestyle.”
“Polar’s AccessLink API is specifically designed for large companies and institutions to connect their platforms and equipment directly to our data,” said Marco Suvilaakso, the product director at Polar. “Polar believes strongly that using workout data intelligently enables users to train smarter. Technogym’s integration is a great example of how data can be shared automatically across platforms using Polar products. We’re delighted to have been able to work with Technogym to make such connectivity possible.”
Combined with Technogym’s mywellness applications, the integration with Polar’s range of equipment enables multiple innovative ways to compare outdoors and indoor training at all times. Technogym’s application MyRunning Logbook, for example, takes data recorded by Polar running tracking equipment during an outdoor run, such as heart rate, GPS map and workout intensity, and connects it with Technogym’ ARTIS and Excite+ running equipment with UNITY – advanced android 4 based console for cardio equipment. The total indoor-outdoor integration allows users to experience the beauty of running outdoors on a Technogym treadmill, challenge past performances and choose from a variety of experiences anywhere in the world.
The integration of technology is available on a full range of Polar products including heart rate sensors, training apps, wearable sports devices, and activity trackers, and on the following Technogym products:
- Excite+ – a comprehensive line of web-enabled cardio that offers a variety of different movements, including crosstraining, elliptical, running, stepping and cycling training.
- ARTIS – a complete line of cardio, strength and functional equipment designed to integrate into the Technogym ecosystem; the first united system in the fitness industry comprised of equipment, services and programs that connect to an overall platform mywellness cloud.
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Rachel Zabonick-Chonko is the editor-in-chief of Club Solutions Magazine. She can be reached at rachel@peakemedia.com.
